Profile: Pandeya Family (Nepal)

This is the first in a series of profiles of the 24+ families worldwide participating in our 2020 Questions Project as part of Learning Life’s Family Diplomacy Initiative (FDI) on Facebook. Starting this month, Learning Life will be posing six questions over the course of 2020, and ask participants in our FDI Facebook group to provide photographic answers, and words to explain their photo(s). The Project is intended to nurture sharing and learning between families worldwide, with an eye to promoting greater understanding, curiosity, and tolerance for difference in our divided and often violent world. (Why family diplomacy? Click here for five reasons.) Below, Durga Pandeya, a teacher and father of three children, answers our family profile questions. We provide the profile questions and answers in English, Spanish, French and Arabic.

I believe it is the generation gap. It is widening and the older generation is not receiving the respect and care that they deserve from their family. The human and spiritual value of life is degrading day by day in our community, which is inviting competition, ego, and discrimination. This is making our planet unsafe for all life.

People in Nepal are divided by different political parties. Even in families, members support different political parties, which affects their relationships with each other. This is bringing greater division into our society. It has deteriorated the unity and social harmony among my people. Another huge issue is religious division. It has caused discrimination against minority religious groups, including Muslims, Buddhists, and Christians.